Papal Marquis Francis Augustus MacNutt (February 15, 1863 – December 30, 1927) was an Indiana-born Catholic writer, and American diplomat, who later became a high ranking Vatican official.
In 1903 MacNutt bought a small castle for himself and his wife, "Schloss Ratzotz" as a summer home at Bressanone/Brixen in what is today northern Italy.
In 1926, the year before his death, he wrote his autobiography, a two volume privately printed text, which was later edited by Father John Donovan and published in 1936 as A Papal Chamberlain: The Personal Chronicle of Francis Augustus MacNutt.
He was buried in the graveyard of Santa Maria am Sand in Millan near Bressanone in the largely German-speaking province of South Tyrol, Italy.
Bartholomew De Las Casas: His Life, His Apostolate, and His Writings[1] (1909) Fernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico, 1485–1547 (1909)[2] Fernando Cortes: His Five Letters of Relation to the Emperor Charles V, 1519–1526 (1908)[3] Three Plays: Balboa, Xilona, The Victorious Duchess[4] (1916) Martyr D'Anghera, Peter.